Tag: Star Wars
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, a Romeo and Juliet story?
Two households, both alike in dignity, In the Galaxy, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. I couldn’t help it. With the whole ending sequence the way it turned out to be I had to explore this idea that Rise of the Skywalker…
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TV Review: The Mandalorian, Season 1
I was told (begged, pleaded) to watch the Mandalorian before watching Witcher, so being the rebellions little snark angel I am, I watched them both and alternated the episodes. Yeah … on second thought that wasn’t the greatest idea. Give me some credit though, I was working with a complicated situation. I could only watch…
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Everyone Needs a Hero
Maybe it’s true. Maybe we don’t know what we have until we’ve lost it. But, maybe it’s also true that we don’t know what we’re missing until we find it. A.A. Milne It’s a moment that isn’t soon forgotten. You are watching a show or a movie and suddenly you come face to face with…
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Toxic Fans and How Not to be One, with James Wymore
Every single one of us has that one friend who hates things with an unusual passion. You know the one – and if you don’t, it might be you. The conversation will start with a casual discussion about the most recent movies they’ve seen and the next thing you know, they are ranting about some…
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Guest Interview – Jaleta Clegg
Jaleta Clegg loves telling stories ranging from aliens and spaceships to magic and unicorns to elves and airships to monsters and mayhem. Her published works include space opera with the Fall of the Altairan Empire series, steampunk fairies in Dark Dancer, and silly horror short stories. When not writing, she enjoys watching good bad movies,…
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Using Rites and Rituals in Fiction
We’ve come around back to writer Wednesday once more and today we are talking about using rites and rituals in fiction. When I say rites and rituals, I’m referring to any choreographed set of actions performed by several people that is meant to add importance to an event. For the sake of this post we…
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Film Icon Christopher Lee Dies
It is a rare thing when there is an actor who is known and loved across several generations. Christopher Lee’s first films were made when my parents were barely teenagers. For me growing up, he was that guy who always ended up in the old-timey horror flicks and also a Bond villain. For my kids…
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Writing Fantasy Profanity
It’s writer Wednesday and today we are going to delve into the risque topic of fantasy profanity. Well, ok, it’s not all that risque. In fact, the reason many people like fantasy novels is that there is rarely ever any swearing. Instead, we enter the world of alternate swearing. In a fantasy world there are…
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May the Fourth be With You
It’s May 4th and to all those Star Wars fans out there that’s a cause for celebration. To celebrate here, I’m sharing some of my favorite Star Wars memes! Have a favorite that I missed? Add it in the comments!